It’s finally here!
Come on down to Washington Park today for the 3rd Annual Local Harvest Festival! We’re at the park getting ready to bring you a local marketplace filled with over 45 vendors, live local bands, chefs demos, food swaps, kids activities and lots more. So what are you waiting for? Grab a friend and stop by to discover what’s in your own backyard…. Check out our full day schedule for details.
Remember the gates open at 11, first 350 families through the door will receive a reusable shopping bag full of goodies!
Food Critic Cook Off
Join local food critics Steve Barnes (Food Blogger, Albany Times Union) and B.A. Nillson (Food Critic, Metroland) as they roll up their sleeves for an old-fashioned cooking challenge with a local twist. To prepare, the chefs’ have been given a main ingredient and a $20 gift certificate to the Honest Weight Food Co-op to get whatever other local goodies they need to make their dish stand out. From there, the chefs’ will have 40 minutes to make a dish to wow our panel of judges and win a whole lot of bragging rights. Cooking starts at noon!
All Good Bakers
Looking for some good baked goods? Well look no further… All Good Baker’s is here. Opening this year, the bakery is dedicated sourcing ingredients that are local, organic, or produced under organic-practices and their products never contain GMO’s, hormones, antibiotics, trans fat, preservatives, artificial or overly processed ingredients…. Wow. They make delicious bread (like really delicious bread) but don’t forget about the amazing sandwiches, scones, cookies, specialty focaccia pizzas, panzanella salad and seasonal treats they also serve, all at affordable prices! Make sure to stop by the Harvest Festival this weekend to check them out and taste the difference ingredients (and a lot of love) make!
The full schedule…
Finally finishing up the full day schedule for Harvest Fest and we’ve got some great stuff in store….
Gates open at 11am. The first 350 families through will receive a reusable shopping bag filled with samples from the Honest Weight Food Co-op! Who doesn’t love free stuff?
Local Foods Marketplace- All Day
Discover great locally made items with over local 45 vendors…check out the vendor page for more details.
Kid’s Activities
Face painting & Pumpkin Painting
Kid’s Contra Dance- Starts @ 12:15
Live Music
11:15- Ben Karis-Nix
1:15- Matthew Carefully
2:15- Olivia Quillio
Food Fun
Chefs Consortium- All Day
Stop by the Harvest Festival to meet these amazing chefs, catch a demo or two and taste all the delicious local flavors they deliver!
Food Critic Cook Off- Starts @ 12pm
Join local food critics Steve Barnes (Food Blogger, Albany Times Union) and B.A. Nillson (Food Critic, Metroland) as they roll up their sleeves for an old-fashioned cooking challenge with a local twist.
New World Bistro
New World Bistro is coming to the Harvest Festival!!! If you haven’t made it to the New World Bistro on Delaware Ave yet, what are you waiting for? Sure you should go for the good atmosphere or the amazing service but most importantly, go for their incredible commitment local flavors. Whether looking for a simple snack or a four course meal, their seasonal menus are packed with locally grown produce, locally raised meats and even some lovely locally brewed beers. It’s enough to make any foodie weep with joy! Stop by this years Harvest Festival for a little taste of all the delicious flavor New World Bistro puts on the table.
Matthew Carefully
Matthew Carefully was one of our favorite acts at last years Harvest Festival and we’re pleased to announce…. he’ll be there again this year! From his website, “Matthew Carefully (née Matthew Loiacono) is a musician from upstate New York. Performing original and adapted / rearranged music on mandolin, banjo, acoustic & electric guitars, drums, percussion and much more, he is mildly obsessed with marrying traditional instruments with modern technology and sounds. Known to utilize live on-the-fly looping, octave pedals, thick distortion and heavy reverb, Matthew delivers a unique, constantly evolving musical performance.” For more on Matthew Carefully’s great sound, make sure to stop by his website to check out some amazing tunes, photos, videos, cool swag and more!
Check our music page for our full band line-up and stage schedule… coming soon!
Olivia Quillio
New to this year’s Harvest Festival line-up… the lovely sound of Olivia Quillio!!! She stole the hearts of the Capital Region with her performance earlier this year at the Garage to Glory contest sponsored by the Times Union and she’s been on a roll ever since. For more info on Olivia and her amazing voice, check out her YouTube channel.
Chefs Consortium
Just added to the Harvest Festival Line up!!! The Chef’s Consortium is a great group of New York State chefs working hard to promote local foods and sustainable farming. Hosting one night food events throughout the area, the chefs create awareness of our local food systems and regional history through the creation of dynamic events, market and cooking demonstrations, culinary and sustainability education, seed to table initiatives, farm to school programming, and work with regional food pantries and other deserving organizations…. Wow! Stop by the Harvest Festival to meet these amazing chefs, catch a demo or two and taste all the delicious local flavors they deliver! For more info on the Chefs Consortium and all the hard work they do, check out www.chefsconsortium.com.
2011 Local Harvest Festival
The beginning of the harvest season can only mean one thing… It’s almost time for the Local Harvest Festival! Join Honest Weight Food Co-op on October 2nd from 11am- 3pm at Albany’s beautiful Washington Park Lake House for an afternoon sure to inspire some local pride. With live music, kids activities and lots of great local vendors, it will have something for everyone! This years event is sponsored by Metroland, WEXT, All Over Albany and Eco Local Living Magazine.
